LOYALISTS

Bangalore: Karnataka Speaker KG Bopaiah will on Tuesday morning meet BS Yeddyurappa loyalists after two Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs filed a petition on Monday seeking disqualification of the loyalists for being involved in alleged antiparty activities. The BJP MLAs claimed to have documentary evidence to prove that the 12 MLAs...

Bangalore: A day after the sacking of his loyalists Ayanur Manjunath and Dhananjay Kumar, former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa on Sunday issued an indirect threat to pull down the government if the party continued to target his supporters. There are six to eight ministers with plum portfolios. If they...

Hyderabad: The Congress leadership may be confident of UPA Presidential nominee Pranab Mukherjees victory, but back in the state, the possibility of crossvoting by the loyalists of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy in the Congress haunts the ruling party. Moreover, state Congress leadership is anxiously waiting for the stand of the...